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    • Post-harvest citrus technology helps citrus exports from Egypt to China and Australia

    The Citrus company specializing in post-harvest technology for citrus, Citrosol, has been contributing with its advice and advances in R & D & I to the fact that Egypt's leading exporting companies are approaching markets in the Middle East and even in China and Australia. This was evidenced in the post-harvest technical seminar that Citrosol held in Cairo, in collaboration with the Agricultural Export Council (AEC) of Egypt.
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    Canarian banana producers target Moroccan market

    Representatives of ASPROCAN Banana Growers Organizations have visited Casablanca these days to learn firsthand about the opportunities available for banana exports from the Canary Islands to Morocco. In this trip, organized in collaboration with the Spanish Institute of Foreign Trade (ICEX), the Canarian delegation has held meetings with the main horticultural companies of distribution and maturation of Moroccan bananas and with interest in the introduction of the Canarian Plantain in the market of that country.

    COMPO EXPERT orchestrates a “expert for experts” debate in olive growing

    The second edition of the Technical Symposium "From Experts to Experts" of COMPO EXPERT has summoned more than 150 professionals from the agricultural sector, a success of attendance and participation for an event that, in this occasion, has been held in Cordoba and focused on the cultivation of the olive grove. The role of biofertilizers and rhizobacteria, irrigation and fertilization in super-intensive olive cultivation have been some of the issues addressed.

    María Jiménez:”in Spain is not subsidize the use of technology for efficient irrigation”

    The commemoration of the World Water Day brings us to this interview with María Dolores Jiménez Ruz, technical and commercial director of HIDROSOPH España, a company specialized in the sustainable management of irrigation ... With she we have addressed issues as important to agriculture as the optimization of the use of water in irrigation systems and, in short, the need to continue to advance, with a more effective commitment by the different administrations, in the development of R & D & I projects that entail greater savings and profitability for the farmer.

    EU resumes imports of green products from Norway and Iceland

    Green products from Norway and Iceland, including Norwegian organic salmon, are again eligible for import into the European Union and marketed properly in line with their organic product standards following the incorporation of the relevant rules of the Agreement on the European Economic Area (EEA).

    ALAS welcomes the scientific opinion of ECHA which rules out the health risks of glyphosate

    Member organizations of ALAS, Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture (ASAJA and UPA, Agro-food Cooperatives of Spain, the Spanish Federation of Associations of Producers Exporters of Fruits, Vegetables, Flowers and Living Plants (FEPEX) and the Spanish Association of Conservation / Soils (AEAC / SV)) have celebrated the scientific opinion of the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) according to which "the scientific evidence available does not permit the classification of glyphosate as carcinogenic, mutagenic or toxic for reproduction".

    Chile: First exports of nectarines reach the Chinese market

    On February 4th, the authorities of the People's Republic of China confirmed that the country has access to nectarines from Chile, a long awaited news from this South American country, whose materialization has been possible thanks to the joint work of the sector Public and private.

    IICA and Finland promote the use of renewable energy among farmers in the Andean region

    More than 12,000 rural men and women in the Andean region (Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru) have replaced traditional energy use with renewable energy, thanks to the Energy and Environment Partnership with the Andean Region (AEA), developed by the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) and funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland (MAEF).

    The specialized SAME Frutteto S Active Drive “Machine of the Year 2017” at SIMA

    SAME Frutteto S ActiveDrive has obtained the title of "Machine of the Year 2017" in the category of specialized tractors, during the last edition of the International Fair of Machinery SIMA in Paris. The award was presented on February 27th by a jury made up of journalists from renowned European journals in the agromechanical sector. This recognition is added to the title of "Best of Specialized" obtained by SAME Frutteto S ActiveDrive in the scope of the Tractor of the Year 2016 award.

    Idai Nature Chair’s bid for biopesticides as a more sustainable alternative to chemists

    The Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV), through its Higher Technical School of Agricultural Engineers, and the company Idai Nature have organized a conference on the present and future of biopesticides in agriculture, framed in its Chair of Bioinsecticides. With this initiative, both institutions seek to encourage "biopesticides to be an effective and natural alternative to chemical methods".